England Under-17s got their Euro Qualifying campaign up and running with a 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan on Tuesday evening.
First-half goals from Manchester United’s Angel Gomes and Manchester City’s Jadon Sancho proved enough to seal the win for Steve Cooper’s side in Buftea.
The Young Lions will face host nation Romania on Thursday and Austria on Sunday in their remaining fixtures, knowing that progress from the first qualifying round will secure a spot in next year’s Elite qualifying round.
England Under-17s: 13 Thomas McGill (Brighton & Hove Albiob); 2 Timothy Eyoma (Tottenham Hotspur), 4 Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 5 Joel Latibeaudiere (Manchester City), 6 Jonathan Panzo (Chelsea), 7 Phil Foden (Manchester City), 8 George McEachran (Chelsea), 10 Angel Gomes (Manchester United) (c), 11 Jadon Sancho (Manchester City), 14 Lewis Gibson (Newcastle United), 18 Rhian Brewster (Liverpool)
Substitutes: 12 Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) for Gomes 65, Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal) for Sancho 65, 17 Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Tottenham Hotspur for Foden 73
Substitutes not used: 1 Curtis Anderson (Manchester City), 3 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster (Tottenham Hotspur), 9 Danny Loader (Reading), 15 Denny (Everton),
Head coach: Steve Cooper
Goals: Angel Gomes 16, Jadon Sancho 23
